Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Kiyobumi Matsunaga

Takahiro Fujii

Toshimasa Aoki

Takeshi Matsuzawa

Masahiro Fujihara

Tomoki Takaichi

Masaki Takase

Yasuhiro Yamanaka

Masaki Higuchi

Dustin Shawn Clingman

Andrew D Herman

Hirofumi Shimada

Syunichi Souma

Yuichiro To

An image evaluating section calculates evaluation values of a plurality of game videos recorded in a recording apparatus. A data reduction processing section reduces, on the basis of each of the evaluation values of the plurality of game videos, a data amount of a game video recorded in the recording apparatus. In the recording apparatus, an upper limit capacity is set to a region in which the plurality of game videos are recorded. The data reduction processing section reduces the data amount of the already recorded game videos, when a new game video is recorded in the recording apparatus.

Information processing apparatus and game video recording method

Methods and apparatus provide for: generating image data for an application to be displayed on an output device; recording the image data generated by the image generating unit; and receiving operation information from an input device, where the recording includes storing the image data for an application for a predetermined period of time up to the point in time at which operation information is received during the receiving operation information from a specific input unit provided in the input device while displaying an application image.

Information processing apparatus and inputting apparatus for sharing image data

A sharing processing section uploads a content image recorded in an image recording device to a distribution server. A display processing section displays a display element indicative of the updated content image. The sharing processing section acquires past distribution record data regarding the uploaded content image. The display processing section displays information regarding past distribution records in association with the display element indicative of the uploaded content image.

Information processing apparatus, display element display method, and management server

An image processing unitgenerates a distribution image including a game image. A distribution processing unitdistributes the distribution image to one or more of information processing terminals through a shared server. A participation processing unitaccepts play requests of viewing users operating the information processing terminals and approves a game play of one of the viewing users who has made a request for a play. An application execution unitprocesses a game using operation information transmitted from the information processing terminal operated by the viewing user the game play of which has been approved.

Information processing apparatus and game image distributing method

An application execution unitgenerates a game image. A message generation unitgenerates a notification message. An image processing unitgenerates a distribution image including the game image. A distribution processing unitdistributes the distribution image to one or more information processing terminals through a shared server. A setting unitallows a user to set whether or not the notification message is included in the distribution image so as to be visually recognizable, and registers setting contents in a storage apparatus.

Techniques for presenting recently generated content on a display include presenting, based on an execution of an application, content on the display, generating a content file including at least one of a video or a screenshot of the application, storing the content file, receiving, based on user input at the input device, a request to access one or more of content files from the folder, wherein the request is received while the execution of the application continues, and presenting, in response to the request, a window over at least a first portion of the content while the execution of the application continues, wherein the window previews the content file and indicates the recency of the content file, and includes a selectable option to edit for length, crop, or annotate in the window any of the content file or the other content files.

Presenting and editing recent content in a window during an execution of a content application

An input device for transmitting operation information of a user to an information processing device, includes: a housing having an upper surface; a left grip part located proximate to a left side of the upper surface of the housing, and sized and shaped to be gripped by a left hand of the user; a right grip part located proximate to a right side of the upper surface of the housing, and sized and shaped to be gripped by a right hand of the user; a first input part located proximately to the left grip part such that the user provides inputs to the first input part with the left hand; a second input part located proximately to the right grip part such that the user provides inputs to the first input part with the right hand, where the inputs from one of the first input part and the second input part cause system software of the information processing device to take action.

A purchase type determining unitdetermines whether content is rental content, which has a valid time limit for enjoying, from purchasing type information included in the license information. An icon image processing unitdisposes an icon image of the content in a menu screen. In case the content is determined to be rental content by the purchase type determining unit, a rental mark disposing unitdisposes a rental mark indicating that associated content is rental content near the icon image of the content or disposes the rental mark so as to overlap with the icon image of the content.

Scheme for processing rental content in an information processing apparatus

An image generation unit generates image data to be displayed on an outputting apparatus. An acceptance unit accepts operation information of inputting units provided in an inputting apparatus. A sharing processing unit carries out, when the acceptance unit accepts operation information of particular one of the inputting units provided in the inputting apparatus, a process of sharing the image data generated by the image generation unit or information relating to the image data. The particular inputting unit provided in the inputting apparatus is used by a user to input operation information to system software of an information processing apparatus, and the sharing processing unit carries out the sharing process only when the acceptance unit accepts the operation information of the particular inputting unit.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kiyobumi Matsunaga